Montreal Protocol under threat

[Dead_Parrot]

(Screw the Ozone, we want our pesticides!)

"A plea by developed countries to be allowed to go on using a gas that destroys ozone is being debated at an international meeting in Canada.

They want the meeting of signatories to the ozone protection treaty, the Montreal Protocol, to allow continued use of methyl bromide.

The gas, a pesticide for fumigating crops, damages the ozone layer."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3569531.stm

"Some environmentalists believe the US administration is acting under pressure from the powerful farming lobby in key electoral states like California. "

Well, who'da thunk?!